The lack of punch frustrates Real Madrid in Anoeta

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Real Madrid looks in the mirror and recognizes itself as it was remembered, with the virtues and defects that a couple of months ago were enough to be league champion.

It confirms at the dawn of the new season what

team already knew

, which is solvent in defense, that it has plenty of capacity to dominate the development of the matches and that it has capable footballers to accelerate and decelerate almost at will.

Yes, Real Madrid looks handsome, but he observes in his reflection that that annoying pimple is still there, spoiling his complete happiness.

With no other signing than

play-off

, starting last night at his old home, the champion continues to regret his tendency to be imprisoned by his lack of punch.

On Sunday, in front of a Real Sociedad much more conservative than one could imagine, his difficulties in front of goal, those that

had to alleviate after the break by the covid

in a thousand possible ways, prevented him from starting the defense of the title with a victory.

Real defended themselves to perfection, amending their image as a tremulous team in the protection of their area and thus frustrated an aesthetic Madrid, especially in the first half, but lacking fang.

Still without

, the presence of

,

and Odegaard gave the white team freshness and dynamism, but not the presence in the area that is expected from a team like white, with the lights off to transform their good football on occasions the dangerous.

Zidane will have time to improve that facet to avoid encounters like yesterday's getting stuck in his throat.

The ownership of Odegaard led to the absence of

, a bet that should be interpreted, in part, from a tactical point of view.

Aware Zidane that Real is one of the teams that exerts the most and best advance pressure, she overpopulated her midfield with technical profiles with the ability to combine and save that burden without resorting to the ball, sacrificing in return the security reported by the Brazilian and.

They both came out in the second half, but they were not missed too much and that speaks well for Madrid.

Many casualties for Imanol

However, the French coach's left hand cannot be overlooked in the analysis.

Zidane well knew that Odegaard had doubts about his return to Madrid this summer, as they understood his surroundings and he understood that the minutes that the Real guaranteed him were a great long-term investment for his career.

With his ownership precisely in Anoeta, Zidane seems to tell the new boy - more or less - that he trusts him and that he is not going to be a mere complement to his luxurious bouquet of midfielders or a whim to fatten the squad just in case.

Time will tell if the confidence is such and if the Norwegian is able to correspond to it on the center of the field.

What was immediately demonstrated was that, from a tactical point of view, Real Madrid's surprising midfield perfectly adjusted to the circumstances of the match, which were very favorable to their interests.

On their own merits, yes, but it is also fair to mention that the Real arrived at the meeting in quite precarious conditions, with the losses of

,

,

and

and with

,

and

, still very short in form, occupying a seat on the bench.

The accumulation of all these factors, in short, led to a notable first part of Madrid, overwhelmingly dominating against a reduced Real, unable to be faithful to its football principles, almost a spectator of the symphony of white passes.

If those of Zidane did not reach the outstanding one it was because they lacked hit.

Because Odegaard,

,

and

constantly set up triangulations in the central area of ​​the field, where they harbored superiority.

And when the San Sebastian exteriors came to compensate for their lack of troops,

and especially Vinicius received on the band to overwhelm their defender.

It was then that the spark that turns good play into goals was missing, the wood on fire.

Ambitious midfield

Until the last ten minutes of the first half, Madrid barked but did not bite.

In that stretch before the break, Benzema had two frank chances to which he was unable to give them the correct direction and Ramos also threatened in a corner.

The Real also enjoyed their only approach, with a shot by

very well resolved by

, with little effort until intermission, in his debut with the number one number.

La Real was more as he found

, last night acting as a playmaker, giving another couple of scares to Madrid in the first bars of the second half.

With more aggressiveness in their actions and especially in their way of facing the duel, those of Alguacil began to find the cracks in the ambitious midfield arranged by Zidane.

The French coach amended himself at game time by introducing Casemiro and Valverde -also

and then

, two debutants-, while Silva made his return to the League.

That was not the formula for Madrid to achieve the goal they needed to prevail in the match and thus the clash came to an end without a single goal to narrate, without Madrid managing to eliminate that annoying pimple.

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